by Eduardo Mendoza · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432206658
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«El año del diluvio» is the novel by Eduardo Mendoza, published by Seix Barral in paperback (171 pages, in Spanish).
Sister Consuelo, a nun in charge of a ruined hospital, needs funds to keep it running and turns to the local boss of San Ubaldo de Bassora. The matter gets complicated when he sets out to seduce her, in a 1950s Spain where local power and the presence of the maquis weigh on the atmosphere.
The novel belongs to the Biblioteca Breve collection from Seix Barral and originally appeared in 1992.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction and for those who want to approach Eduardo Mendoza's narrative.
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga is a Spanish novelist, playwright, and essayist. His first novel, La Verdad sobre el Caso Savolta, published in 1975, reflected the social changes as Spain transitioned to democracy, and was very successful. His 1986 novel, La Ciudad de los Prodigios, is widely acclaimed, and he is also known for his "mad detective" parody novels, in particular El Laberinto de las Aceitunas.
